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NHS Nightmare

I wrote the following poem several months ago, partly inspired by my own experience with the National Health Service (NHS) and those of others with far worse conditions than my own, reported widely in television documentaries, local newspapers, and magazine articles. I recognize that the overall tone is quite dark, but I tried to write [...]

Posted 05 August 2008 § Miscellaneous ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Those elusive missional moments

This morning my wife and I drove into Cardiff for my doctor’s appointment at the University of Wales Hospital. After waiting an hour past my appointment time, I was a little cranky from the pain: a large cyst in my jaw was found nearly a month ago when my local dentist could not find anything [...]

Posted 28 July 2008 § Christian life § Daily Scribe § Missions § Personal ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Approaching the holidays with a broken heart

Last March I began experiencing symptoms that landed me in the emergency room for a couple of hours, but blood tests and an electrocardiogram ruled out a heart attack. That was good news! But I discovered that things move much more slowly within the National Health Service (NHS) of Britain: routine tests that would have [...]

Posted 13 December 2007 § Daily Scribe § Personal § Prayer Requests ‡ Comments (11) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,